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Release year: 1969

Storyline

One day, Frances Austen, a rich but lonely woman, invites a young man from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him stay there--and has no intention of ever letting him leave.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Altman

Writers

Cast

Sandy Dennis — Frances Austen
Michael Burns — The Boy
Susanne Benton — Nina
David Garfield — Nick

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Did you know

• Jack Nicholson was very keen on playing the role of 'the boy'. He even discussed it with Robert Altman in his office. But Altman turned him down: "Jack, I think you're just too old."

• The film met with scathing reviews. Indeed one of the film executives who hired Robert Altman told him that if he had seen the kind of film the director would ultimately deliver, he never would have hired him in the first place.

• Altman sent the script to Ingrid Bergman, who told him she was rather insulted by the part, and to Vanessa Redgrave, who suggested he try Sandy Dennis.